Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Tasman's discovery; 2. New South Wales occupied; 3. Governor Davey; 4. Governor Sorell; 5. Governor Arthur; 6. History of the aboriginal inhabitants from the formation of the colony until their removal to Flinders Island; 7. State of the colony; 8. Governor Sir John Franklin; 9. Sir Eardley Wilmot Governor; 10. Governor Denison arrives with important commissions from the Home Office; 11. The Irish state prisoners; 12. Imperial Act for Better Government of the Australian Colonies; 13. A new era; 14. Governor Young arrives; 15. Proceedings of Parliament; 16. Governor Browne arrives; 17. Governor Du Cane arrives; 18. Governor Weld arrives; 19. Discovery of tin at Mount Bischoff; 20. Sir G. C. Strahan appointed Governor; 21. Continued prosperity; Appendix.

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First published in 1884, this book gives the history of Tasmania from the perspective of a nineteenth-century pioneer.